Galway's traffic issues

01-03-2019 11:11am

John_Rambo wrote: »

I didn't make up the fact that Google, Facebook, Accenture, Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Indeed, Amazon, Linkedin, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey, Groupon, Arista, Twitter, HubSpot, Yelp, ZOO Digital & Bamboo and dozens of others have chosen city centre locations above rural locations in Ireland!!

Is the company you currently work for based in Galway city?

And just as many or more are not in the city. There are a lot in Dublin and surroundings like Intel, Kerry groups high tech Centre and I could spend a long time listing more.

Look at MrsOB’s list for a good example in Galway, and you can add Valeo in Tuam a large employer in very high end tech, tuam is about as unattractive a place you could base yourself. in fact there is almost no big employer in tech or science in the city (bar the university). It’s simply unsuitable.

I could make a very long list for Cork also if I had time, again where there are virtually no big employers in what is considered the city and many are pretty much in the country side completely miles and miles from the city.

I currently work in the outskirts of the city but will shortly be moving further out to larger premises.

Johnny_BravoIII wrote: »

In most well planned countries the people living in large country houses are farmers. Im afraid the cat is out of the bag here. We have encouraged a culture here where everybody feels entitled to live in a large country house. IMO the countryside has been destroyed in the last 30 years.
Its almost impossible to stand anywhere in Ireland and not be able to see houses. There are bungalows sprayed across the west coast of ireland. On the side of mountains, in bogs, in floodplains etc. Rural communities should be encouraged to live in rural villages. Its better for peoples mental health Also it makes sense from an infrastructure perepective. Think about hot topics such as, school buses, rural broadband, drink-driving limits.

There is a generation of retired irish people stranded in their one-off bungalow due to drink driving laws. Its not pretty.

I see families in their high-vis with buggies and bikes dodging fast moving traffic on rural boreens.

The way we do things currently makes no sense. There is always resistence to change but we need to bite the bullet.

We dont do this through banning cars etc. We begin by encouring people to live in urban or village environments. This means making our cities better places to live. This means getting the cars out of Galway.

Other examples, Copenhagen, Oslo,

I don’t buy any of that to be honest. The country side is a place to be lived in not admired by city dwellers on a day trip. Things like rural broadband should simply just be provided end of story then it wouldn’t be an issue.

The last place most want to live are villages, I live rurally and older people love their rural locations. The issues around drunk driving could easily be sorted sign a rural bus service at weekends.

You make the whole walking a buggy in the country sound a lot worse than reality, I grew up rurally and would never even consider anything but a rural upbringing for my own kids.

As for mental health I’d argue the total opposite, living in the country side is far far better and people are “alone and isolated” in most instances. Families group around each other where they all build there houses and around the home house, people have proper sized houses built how they want them, plenty of space around and live beside family which is a great way to live for many.

xckjoo · 01-03-2019 11:23am

Valeo have huge issues attracting and retaining staff, despite the university churning out graduates nearly tailor made for them. Main reason I've heard is the location.

01-03-2019 11:49am

xckjoo wrote: »

Valeo have huge issues attracting and retaining staff, despite the university churning out graduates nearly tailor made for them. Main reason I've heard is the location.

They are a very good employer of local people in my experience. I know quite a few working there and the location is ideal for people from and living around country Galway. An effortless commute etc. even people commuting out from the city have an easy commute going against traffic both ways.

John_Rambo · 01-03-2019 11:52am

The largest employer in the country tried decentralisation and it was a disaster.

Say’s it all really.

01-03-2019 11:55am

John_Rambo wrote: »

The largest employer in the country tried decentralisation and it was a disaster.

Say’s it all really.

The implementation was the problem the idea itself (spreading employment around the country) was a very good one and one that should be pushed in all areas, grants provided for it etc.

WallyGUFC · 01-03-2019 11:59am

RainNeverBow wrote: »

Sorry but you're factually wrong data has proven that most of the city's traffic originates within the city limits and is going to somewhere within the city. Over 90% in fact.

And you know why the streets are less busy during the summer? Because people walk more and use their car less, magic

I find that very hard to believe.

xckjoo · 01-03-2019 12:01pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

They are a very good employer of local people in my experience. I know quite a few working there and the location is ideal for people from and living around north and east country Galway. An effortless commute etc. even people commuting out from the city have an easy commute going against traffic both ways.

I've literally the exact opposite experience. I did hear that they're a good employer of local people, but anybody I know qualified for the high skilled jobs just don't want to go there. And that's including people that did PhDs in partnership with them for 4+ years. They don't want to live in Tuam/county Galway and won't face the daily commute. The only people I know that do work for them are all from North Galway/Mayo already and want to live at home. Difficult for any company to rely on such a small population to fill high skilled jobs.

01-03-2019 12:02pm

WallyGUFC wrote: »

I find that very hard to believe.

As do I considering the thousands of people who commute in from the country everyday.

Also the way they measure this is also going to be flawed for sure. Say going from knocknacara to parkmore is probably somehow fiddled into the numbers where as in reality that’s not really a city to city journey by any stretch of the imagination.

John_Rambo · 01-03-2019 12:10pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

The implementation was the problem the idea itself (spreading employment around the country) was a very good one and one that should be pushed in all areas, grants provided for it etc.

People don't want to be told where to live Nox, you say it yourself enough times.

xckjoo · 01-03-2019 12:16pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

As do I considering the thousands of people who commute in from the country everyday.

Also the way they measure this is also going to be flawed for sure. Say going from knocknacara to parkmore is probably somehow fiddled into the numbers where as in reality that’s not really a city to city journey by any stretch of the imagination.

You can't just decide the numbers that back up your opinion are completely valid and the others are inherently flawed, without actually dissecting the methodologies of either.

01-03-2019 12:22pm

John_Rambo wrote: »

People don't want to be told where to live Nox, you say it yourself enough times.

The idea should be to provide the jobs for the people who already live and want to live in different areas.

Mrs OBumble · 01-03-2019 1:17pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

The idea should be to provide the jobs for the people who already live and want to live in different areas.

Do we know why HID are moving from Spiddal in to either the city or just outside it (Parkmore)?

Is it lack of workforce, or can't they get a big enough building?

McTigs · 01-03-2019 1:41pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

The country side is a place to be lived in not admired by city dwellers on a day trip.

The city is a place to be lived in not clogged up by rural dwellers terrified of the slightest inconvenience

John_Rambo · 01-03-2019 1:51pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

The idea should be to provide the jobs for the people who already live and want to live in different areas.

Exactly, it's eventually dawning on you. And more people already live in cities than they do anywhere else. That’s why these companies like to carry out their business in cities, the skill base is already there. And the employees don’t want to be stuck out in a car dependent rural setting with no amenities.

Mrs OBumble · 01-03-2019 1:51pm

McTigs wrote: »

The city is a place to be lived in not clogged up by rural dwellers terrified of the slightest inconvenience

Thanks for finding this quote, I mrant to come back to it.

By definition the countryside is only sparsely lived in. If theres a house every few-00m, that's not countryside any more, it's semi-rural sprawl of the worst kind, because it makes the land no good for agriculture but prevents human economies of scale.

The only people who should be there are ones who need to be there because they work there, and immediate family.

grbear · 01-03-2019 1:57pm

Tuams a perfect example of a town with potential being choked by nimbyism and poor planning. A shopping centre built in a potentially great location but hamstrung by inadequate access and restrictions being placed on the size of the supermarket area meaning the likes of Tesco and Dunnes were never going to be anchor tenants. Now Aldi are looking to build beside it and there doesn't seem to be any talk of forcing a link up between themselves and the shopping centre operators. Moronic.

01-03-2019 3:45pm

John_Rambo wrote: »

Exactly, it's eventually dawning on you. And more people already live in cities than they do anywhere else. That’s why these companies like to carry out their business in cities, the skill base is already there. And the employees don’t want to be stuck out in a car dependent rural setting with no amenities.

Yet you totally ignore the long list of companies who are not situated in the city and where thousands of people work many commuting from the rural areas or towns where they live.

Nothing is dawning on me. Of course some people want to live in cities but lots do not. It should be ensured that there is a mix of work locations where people can live where they want (be it in a city or in their home area near family) and get to work conveniently.

I also cannot honestly see how you think it’s practical to have large increases of employment in Galway city, regardless of the fact that it really won’t suit large numbers of people working there but there simply isn’t space for it. The city should have shops, pubs etc not a factory or large office with say 5000 people working there which would make vastly more sense to be well outside the city and contrary to your constant ignoring of facts this is where big employers are setting themselves up for the most part. Just look back at the lists provided or look up the locations of all the pharma, medical and tech jobs in cork also if the large number of companies outside of Galway isn’t enough to convince you.

For the most part people earning good money do not want to be stuck in housing estates or apartments either, they want large houses with lots of space outside and not stuck up against their neighbors. This is why they move out of cities.

John_Rambo · 01-03-2019 4:16pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

Yet you totally ignore the long list of companies who are not situated in the city and where thousands of people work many commuting from the rural areas or towns where they live.

There are companies and factories perfectly suited to out of city sites. I never said there wasn’t.

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

Nothing is dawning on me. Of course some people want to live in cities but lots do not. It should be ensured that there is a mix of work locations where people can live where they want (be it in a city or in their home area near family) and get to work conveniently.

Obviously there should be jobs in rural areas. Farming, forestry, factories, quarries, production factories etc.. are the traditional mainstay in these areas.

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

I also cannot honestly see how you think it’s practical to have large increases of employment in Galway city, regardless of the fact that it really won’t suit large numbers of people working there but there simply isn’t space for it.

You honestly don’t think it’s practical to have large increases of employment in Galway City? It doesn’t “suit” it and there isn’t space? Give me a break Nox. The city’s are the big employers, any type of employment in the cities is good for the country

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

The city should have shops, pubs etc not a factory or large office with say 5000 people working there which would make vastly more sense to be well outside the city and contrary to your constant ignoring of facts this is where big employers are setting themselves up for the most part. Just look back at the lists provided or look up the locations of all the pharma, medical and tech jobs in cork also if the large number of companies outside of Galway isn’t enough to convince you.

A city is for people Nox. That’s what defines a city. Cities need jobs for the people. The pubs, shops etc need working people to support them.

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

For the most part people earning good money do not want to be stuck in housing estates or apartments either, they want large houses with lots of space outside and not stuck up against their neighbors. This is why they move out of cities.

That’s you Nox, and you’re not everyone. People want to live in communities with amenities for their families, schools, libraries, parks, restaurants, pubs etc…

xckjoo · 01-03-2019 4:25pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

Yet you totally ignore the long list of companies who are not situated in the city and where thousands of people work many commuting from the rural areas or towns where they live.

Nothing is dawning on me. Of course some people want to live in cities but lots do not. It should be ensured that there is a mix of work locations where people can live where they want (be it in a city or in their home area near family) and get to work conveniently.

I also cannot honestly see how you think it’s practical to have large increases of employment in Galway city, regardless of the fact that it really won’t suit large numbers of people working there but there simply isn’t space for it. The city should have shops, pubs etc not a factory or large office with say 5000 people working there which would make vastly more sense to be well outside the city and contrary to your constant ignoring of facts this is where big employers are setting themselves up for the most part. Just look back at the lists provided or look up the locations of all the pharma, medical and tech jobs in cork also if the large number of companies outside of Galway isn’t enough to convince you.

For the most part people earning good money do not want to be stuck in housing estates or apartments either, they want large houses with lots of space outside and not stuck up against their neighbors. This is why they move out of cities.

The further the jobs are from where the people live, the more travel required. The more travel required, the more traffic. To date, there's no solution that provides an unlimited bandwidth for cars on a road network and increasing road capacity seems to cause an even greater increase in traffic.

You say you work in tech, so think about it like any other network. We could have fiber lines blanketing the country, but if we were still using 1990's codecs, compression, OS's, etc., you'd feel like you're still on dial-up.

Also, pharma, biotech and any other company that manufactures and/or have large trucks coming and going, do not fall under the same umbrella as tech companies like Google and Facebook that require little beyond staff, a desk and internet access. Of course they're going to locate further out from congested cities where land is cheaper and access is easier. But they're also not going to locate in the back arse of nowhere because that doesn't suit their needs either. Why don't Medtronic move to North Galway since so many staff commute from there? Because they need infrastructure and infrastructure needs population density to be viable. A similar false equivalency would be for me to point out that all the most expensive land in the world is located within the major cities and tends to gets cheaper as you go further out. That must mean everyone wants to live as close to city centres as possible and the countryside is for people that can't afford it.

Johnny_BravoIII · 01-03-2019 4:43pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

And just as many or more are not in the city. There are a lot in Dublin and surroundings like Intel, Kerry groups high tech Centre and I could spend a long time listing more.

Look at MrsOB’s list for a good example in Galway, and you can add Valeo in Tuam a large employer in very high end tech, tuam is about as unattractive a place you could base yourself. in fact there is almost no big employer in tech or science in the city (bar the university). It’s simply unsuitable.

I could make a very long list for Cork also if I had time, again where there are virtually no big employers in what is considered the city and many are pretty much in the country side completely miles and miles from the city.

I currently work in the outskirts of the city but will shortly be moving further out to larger premises.

I don’t buy any of that to be honest. The country side is a place to be lived in not admired by city dwellers on a day trip. Things like rural broadband should simply just be provided end of story then it wouldn’t be an issue.

The last place most want to live are villages, I live rurally and older people love their rural locations. The issues around drunk driving could easily be sorted sign a rural bus service at weekends.

You make the whole walking a buggy in the country sound a lot worse than reality, I grew up rurally and would never even consider anything but a rural upbringing for my own kids.

As for mental health I’d argue the total opposite, living in the country side is far far better and people are “alone and isolated” in most instances. Families group around each other where they all build there houses and around the home house, people have proper sized houses built how they want them, plenty of space around and live beside family which is a great way to live for many.

Do you believe there should be any limits on one-off housing?

I was raised in rural ireland. It was a wonderful childhood in the 1980s 1990s. We lived on a small boreen off a small road about 8k from town. We knew every car which passed on the road.

I would say rural Ireland is massively changed/gone. In the last 25 years there are approximately 50 new one-off bungalows built within a 3k radius of our previously rural house. Theres a massive influx of people moving from cities and towns to the countryside. We no longer know every car on the road and there is significant traffic on the boreens in the mornings and evenings.

We are seeing a rapid urbanisation of the countryside at historic speeds. Its out of control and needs to be managed.

The solution is to encourage people back into living in towns and cities. This means discriminating against people who have chosen to live rurally and commute by single occupant vehicle into the cities, in favor of those who decide to live and work in an urban environment.

xckjoo · 01-03-2019 5:03pm

Johnny_BravoIII wrote: »

Do you believe there should be any limits on one-off housing?

I was raised in rural ireland. It was a wonderful childhood in the 1980s 1990s. We lived on a small boreen off a small road about 8k from town. We knew every car which passed on the road.

I would say rural Ireland is massively changed/gone. In the last 25 years there are approximately 50 new one-off bungalows built within a 3k radius of our previously rural house. Theres a massive influx of people moving from cities and towns to the countryside. We no longer know every car on the road and there is significant traffic on the boreens in the mornings and evenings.

We are seeing a rapid urbanisation of the countryside at historic speeds. Its out of control and needs to be managed.

The solution is to encourage people back into living in towns and cities. This means discriminating against people who have chosen to live rurally and commute by single occupant vehicle into the cities, in favor of those who decide to live and work in an urban environment.

And villages! Whatever happened to them? They used to be all the rage

what_traffic · 01-03-2019 5:08pm

Johnny_BravoIII wrote: »

The solution is to encourage people back into living in towns and cities. This means discriminating against people who have chosen to live rurally and commute by single occupant vehicle into the cities, in favor of those who decide to live and work in an urban environment.

Sara Shapely Bead will not be for turning. A dyed in the wool, rurban advocate.

I would favor more positive language though, it is not about discriminating, should rather about rewarding those who are not using a single occupant vehicles to get into Galway City. So even if people choose to live rurban areas. If they get public transport like a bus/train from local town into Galway City they should be rewarded by having faster journey times with Bus lanes on the main transport corridors. Same applies to people living in the City.

McTigs · 01-03-2019 5:09pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

For the most part people earning good money do not want to be stuck in housing estates or apartments either, they want large houses with lots of space outside and not stuck up against their neighbors. This is why they move out of cities.

This is quite simply not true. Ever wonder why city houses in good areas a multiple times the price of rural houses. I'll give you a hint, more people want them.

what_traffic · 01-03-2019 5:12pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

Also the way they measure this is also going to be flawed for sure. Say going from knocknacara to parkmore is probably somehow fiddled into the numbers where as in reality that’s not really a city to city journey by any stretch of the imagination.

This is false - it is a City to City Journey.
If direct bus route was provided it would be done in 20 minutes if proper infrastructure was provided.

01-03-2019 5:19pm

what_traffic wrote: »

This is false - it is a City to City Journey.
If direct bus route was provided it would be done in 20 minutes if proper infrastructure was provided.

Travel into the city from many rural areas is on the 20 to 30 minute time scale too though so I wouldn't use this as a way to judge it. I live about 30km from Galway city and commute after morning and evening peak traffic times and I'd often be home in 25 mins. A little longer in the morning, maybe 35 mins average.

I think the point is just city to city is not a great way of wording it. It makes it sound like most people live and work in the city centre when the reality is the covering an area well outside the city centre.

bobbyss · 01-03-2019 5:57pm

The bus I was waiting for during the week was 'due" for about thirty minutes. Incredible.

Mrs OBumble · 01-03-2019 7:14pm

what_traffic wrote: »

This is false - it is a City to City Journey.
If direct bus route was provided it would be done in 20 minutes if proper infrastructure was provided.

Except that as far as any official statistics go, it is city-to-county. And Barna to Parkmore is county-to-county.

We all know that this is bollox and that Parkmore is "really" in the city.

But the effect of this on cross city journey statistics is large and misleading.

(I'm still far from convinced about how many people actually make this journey, though. My impression is that overall people from Knocknacarra work in the closer in estates. )

what_traffic · 01-03-2019 8:02pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Except that as far as any official statistics go, it is city-to-county. And Barna to Parkmore is county-to-county.

We all know that this is bollox and that Parkmore is "really" in the city.

But the effect of this on cross city journey statistics is large and misleading.

(I'm still far from convinced about how many people actually this journey, though. My impression is that overall people from Knocknacarra work in the closer in estates. )

Would not look at it in isolation.
True Parkmore is on the boundary line, parts are in the City Boundary.
I would see such a cross city serving far more area's. Need serious priority measures though and dedicated bus shortcuts like going from Ballybrit Industrial Estate into Parkmore West.
Only 9% of Current Galway Bus Network on dedicated facilities(there is overlap as well in this 9% figure if bus services use same bus lanes in the City)

13-03-2019 11:13am

xckjoo wrote: »

I've literally the exact opposite experience. I did hear that they're a good employer of local people, but anybody I know qualified for the high skilled jobs just don't want to go there. And that's including people that did PhDs in partnership with them for 4+ years. They don't want to live in Tuam/county Galway and won't face the daily commute. The only people I know that do work for them are all from North Galway/Mayo already and want to live at home. Difficult for any company to rely on such a small population to fill high skilled jobs.

Great to see and not exactly the route you would expect people struggling to hire people to go down. Tuam will be Valeo’s global R&D hq for autonomous cars. We need more investment like this outside of cities.

https://connachttribune.ie/tuam-firm-valeo-to-create-50-new-jobs-as-part-of-major-rd-investment/

xckjoo · 13-03-2019 11:25am

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

Great to see and not exactly the route you would expect people struggling to hire people to go down. Tuam will be Valeo’s global R&D hq for autonomous cars. We need more investment like this outside of cities.

https://connachttribune.ie/tuam-firm-valeo-to-create-50-new-jobs-as-part-of-major-rd-investment/

LOL. Heard it this morning too. Has that been bugging you all this time?

They'll still struggle unless they start paying better and reducing their staff turnover. I'm hopeful though. If only as a backup career for if my current one doesn't work out :pac:

what_traffic · 13-03-2019 1:00pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

Tuam will be Valeo’s global R&D hq for autonomous cars. We need more investment like this outside of cities.
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Agree, but wishing it and it occurring are two different things. Decisions makers who decide this show that this is NOT occurring though.
Existing businesses may go down this route and should be supported - but attracting brand new company's to setup.
Oranmore IDA Park........

Mrs OBumble · 13-03-2019 1:47pm

what_traffic wrote: »

...
Oranmore IDA Park........

Like EAGames, Zimmer ....

xckjoo · 13-03-2019 2:05pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Like EAGames, Zimmer ....

Did EA move from Parkmore?

what_traffic · 13-03-2019 5:25pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Like EAGames, Zimmer ....

What are you talking about?

Mrs OBumble · 13-03-2019 6:53pm

what_traffic wrote: »

What are you talking about?

New companies that invested ourside the city in the last 10 years.

McGiver · 13-03-2019 10:39pm

Mrs OBumble wrote:

New companies that invested ourside the city in the last 10 years.

Do they have a choice? No so that's your reply to the question why they are outside the city.

what_traffic · 14-03-2019 10:55am

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

New companies that invested ourside the city in the last 10 years.

And these companies are in the Oranmore IDA Park (IDA is a state body)? If they are, they are really concealing it well.

JCX BXC · 21-03-2019 6:39pm

City is chocked in several places today. Headford road, the N6, Quincentenary Bridge, Tuam Road, Wellpark, Lough Atalia Road and the Dublin Road are all extremely clogged.

what_traffic · 21-03-2019 6:48pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

City is chocked in several places today. Headford road, the N6, Quincentenary Bridge, Tuam Road, Wellpark, Lough Atalia Road and the Dublin Road are all extremely clogged.

Clogged with what?

jjpep · 21-03-2019 8:56pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

City is chocked in several places today. Headford road, the N6, Quincentenary Bridge, Tuam Road, Wellpark, Lough Atalia Road and the Dublin Road are all extremely clogged.

At the risk of sounding smug my commute took its usual time.

Mrs OBumble · 21-03-2019 9:56pm

jjpep wrote: »

At the risk of sounding smug my commute took its usual time.

Mine was quicker than usual. Bus driver drove with attitude, and the Dublin Rd was clear by 7pm.

21-03-2019 11:19pm

No traffic issues at all for me crossing the city just after 6 as usual. The traffic did look heavyish going the other way though.

JCX BXC · 23-03-2019 2:44am

Traffic seems to rapidly improve at and after 6pm. Peak time appears to be 5 o'clock. Take a look at Google maps and the AA Roadwatch page.

Andrew00 · 23-03-2019 3:01am

It does be grand on the Tuam Road into Galway around 5:40pm onwards

RubyK · 23-03-2019 6:15am

Hi, looking for some advice, I will arrive on the 10.08 am train into Galway on a Fri, and need to be in Salthill, via taxi, for 10.30 am. Is traffic usually very heavy at this time? Sorry, I don't know Galway at all.

Ashleigh1986 · 23-03-2019 7:59am

Hi Rubyk ..... If train arrives on time you will be just about fine .
Come out of train station , turn left , walk approx 100 metres to eyre square .
Best to wait around the myrick hotel and flag down a passing taxi as it's just a straight drive out by the docks to salthill .
There's also a taxi company office ( big o ) located next door to the meyrick if no passing taxi .
If should take a taxi around 8 minutes to get to salthill costing in and around €10.
Hope this helps .

ben.schlomo · 23-03-2019 9:43am

Don't wait to flag a taxi, just get one from the office there.

RubyK · 23-03-2019 3:05pm

Thanks so much, hopefully no train delays, and I will get to salthill on time ðŸ™‚

23-03-2019 7:48pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

Traffic seems to rapidly improve at and after 6pm. Peak time appears to be 5 o'clock. Take a look at Google maps and the AA Roadwatch page.

Avoiding peak times by just a bit is key in having an easy life commuting in Galway. Now I know many employers are still in the dark ages with their rigid work times but many aren’t. I never get into the city before about 9:25am and never leave work normally until 6 at the earliest and I have virtually no traffic issues. I also listen to Galway bay fm in the morning and if there is a crash on my route I just work from home for a while and avoid sitting there getting frustrated and actually get stated at working for the day.

what_traffic · 27-03-2019 6:00pm

Gwen Shallow Raccoon wrote: »

Avoiding peak times by just a bit is key in having an easy life commuting in Galway. Now I know many employers are still in the dark ages with their rigid work times but many aren’t. I never get into the city before about 9:25am and never leave work normally until 6 at the earliest and I have virtually no traffic issues. I also listen to Galway bay fm in the morning and if there is a crash on my route I just work from home for a while and avoid sitting there getting frustrated and actually get stated at working for the day.

You have described Galway Citys Car Traffic problem well, it is a peak demand issue in the main influenced by rural car commuters.

Galway's traffic issues

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